Far Cry Performance Consistency

Data1232 · Mar 28, 2004, 07:21 AM

Hi guys,

I just finished playing the demo version of Far Cry, both the Fort and Research Levels. I was initially shocked by the horrible performance that i recieved with the Fort level, and consequentially updated my drivers to 4.3, as well as set my anti-aliasing, and ansio to "application preference." This really didn't do much, so I kinda just sat there and played. Now with my hardware i've been able to get some very nice framerates out of some pretty demanding games. In the UT2004 demo, i was doing pretty well with all the details turned. Then i found out that people with my hardware level,and higher were faced with the same problem of poor performance. Puzzled I thought that the game was just poorly coded. But then when I heard that the Research level was out, i though i'd give it a go, since many people were saying that they had noticed remarkable performance results despite some anomalies such as missing textures on rocks. I too noticed this, as my framerates were much smoother, and it really felt that my hardware was doing it's job. So my question to those of you who have bought this game is, do you feel that your framerates and overall image quality are much better than what you noticed in the demo, or do you feel that a sort of inconsistency exists throughout the full version of the game that reflects the discrepancy between the two demo levels. I'm also wondering if the 1st level in the demo was not ready for prime time, and the second level was much more optimized. If this is the case then in the full game is everything much more optimized and smooth? I'd like to get a good idea of how the real game pans out, as I'm pretty interested in buying it, but don't want to be saddled with a poor performance experience. Thanks for your time.

P.S. In the demo version, I always ran the 1st level (Fort) in the "Medium" settings at 1024x768, any higher and my system would become very slow. In the second level (Research) I decided to set everything at "Very High" at 1024x768, and got some very nice results.

Logla · Mar 28, 2004, 09:31 AM

Yeah, I remember the demo looked like a horrible unfinished beta version. The full game seems to be highly polished and runs wonderfully on my machine. 1280x1024 with everything maxed and AA 2x.
I was getting quite a bit of lag in some parts of the demo but not the retail version. I would definately reccomend it.

germanjulian · Mar 28, 2004, 10:27 AM

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Originally posted by Logla
Yeah, I remember the demo looked like a horrible unfinished beta version. The full game seems to be highly polished and runs wonderfully on my machine. 1280x1024 with everything maxed and AA 2x.
I was getting quite a bit of lag in some parts of the demo but not the retail version. I would definately reccomend it.

uhhh so you have everything at Extra High and 2 AA and that resolution??

what your system specs cause reading reviews with TOP machines showed the game runs lower then 20FPS at those settings

Logla · Mar 28, 2004, 06:33 PM

I got a P4c 3.0Ghz running at 3.4Ghz
1GB RAM (This really helps)
Radeon 9800Pro
2 Maxtor 120GB SATA in RAID0
All put together in an ABIT IC-7 MAX3

I think I'm probably getting about 25-30FPS sometimes higher depending on the level

Danhill · Mar 28, 2004, 06:43 PM

I run the game at 1280x768, everything maxed out in the ATI Control panel, AA&AF set to applications pref. Game settings is on MAX, when outside my fps is 20-60 (sometimes 80) 20 is the lowes that I've seen for a few seconds, and inside I have about 40-100 fps. I run Cat 4,3.

Danhill · Mar 28, 2004, 06:45 PM

Forgot to mention, I don't run the above OC, everything is at stock.

germanjulian · Mar 28, 2004, 07:35 PM

you guys dont have the demo right? full version.

Data1232 · Mar 28, 2004, 07:41 PM

How much of difference does the added 512MB of RAM make? I mean during the Research Level I was doing fine, but do other levels call for more memory?

germanjulian · Mar 28, 2004, 07:42 PM

512MB is fine..... Let see how much ram I use when I play brb

OK. at 1280x1024 with no aa and af (aa is really needed at that res) and everyhing at "Very High"

I get 30 to 15FPS with my system.

RAM usage is a wopping 416MB.... poooo thats a lot acctually. lets see if playing at high makes a difference and lower res....

brb

at 1024 with High settings I still use around 400MB. FPS are much higher

oh and I think I could get quiete a few FPS more by installing my drivers proper but I cant be asked right now....

This game does use a lot of RAM. switch all your applications of you dont need and tweak windows

Logla · Mar 28, 2004, 08:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by germanjulian
This game does use a lot of RAM. switch all your applications of you dont need and tweak windows

I think it only really makes a major difference at the begining of a level. I dont have the stuttering issue at the start because of the RAM. For the most part though, the game runs really smooth.

germanjulian · Mar 28, 2004, 09:17 PM

yeah it does run rather well with high settings. I am happy. hope HL2 will be the same

~~SJae~~ · Mar 28, 2004, 11:14 PM

I run the game at 1024x768 with everything set at either "Very High" or "Ultra High" (for the water option, I think). Outside the game, I have set AA to 4x and AF to 8x Perf (using Cat 4.3 on AtI 9800 Pro).

I also have 2.7GHz, 1GB dual-channel PC2700 RAM, and a 7200RPM HDD with 8MB buffer.

The game is smooth and boooooootiful!!!

Data1232 · Mar 29, 2004, 12:21 AM

Okay, i'm getting the general impression that the game is much more polished in it's final form, which makes me glad because i was really interested from the demo's. Thanks for your responses guys.

Danhill · Mar 29, 2004, 06:54 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by germanjulian
you guys dont have the demo right? full version.

Thats right, I have the full version.

nuG · Apr 2, 2004, 06:01 PM

i love this game. i just may marry it. i dont know about any kids though yet. we re stiolll discussing it.

Buddahpest · Apr 4, 2004, 02:14 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by nuG
i love this game. i just may marry it. i dont know about any kids though yet. we re stiolll discussing it.

Sorry, beat you to it. We got hitched last night. We even consumated the marriage!

BWX · Apr 4, 2004, 02:30 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by germanjulian
yeah it does run rather well with high settings. I am happy. hope HL2 will be the same

HL2 runs faster on my rig.. Actually HL2 runs great.

I'll know the difference in performance by tomorrow I hope..

Mar 28, 2004, 07:21 AM	#1
Data1232 DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Right. Behind. You. Posts: 180 Rep Power: 0	Far Cry Performance Consistency Hi guys, I just finished playing the demo version of Far Cry, both the Fort and Research Levels. I was initially shocked by the horrible performance that i recieved with the Fort level, and consequentially updated my drivers to 4.3, as well as set my anti-aliasing, and ansio to "application preference." This really didn't do much, so I kinda just sat there and played. Now with my hardware i've been able to get some very nice framerates out of some pretty demanding games. In the UT2004 demo, i was doing pretty well with all the details turned. Then i found out that people with my hardware level,and higher were faced with the same problem of poor performance. Puzzled I thought that the game was just poorly coded. But then when I heard that the Research level was out, i though i'd give it a go, since many people were saying that they had noticed remarkable performance results despite some anomalies such as missing textures on rocks. I too noticed this, as my framerates were much smoother, and it really felt that my hardware was doing it's job. So my question to those of you who have bought this game is, do you feel that your framerates and overall image quality are much better than what you noticed in the demo, or do you feel that a sort of inconsistency exists throughout the full version of the game that reflects the discrepancy between the two demo levels. I'm also wondering if the 1st level in the demo was not ready for prime time, and the second level was much more optimized. If this is the case then in the full game is everything much more optimized and smooth? I'd like to get a good idea of how the real game pans out, as I'm pretty interested in buying it, but don't want to be saddled with a poor performance experience. Thanks for your time. P.S. In the demo version, I always ran the 1st level (Fort) in the "Medium" settings at 1024x768, any higher and my system would become very slow. In the second level (Research) I decided to set everything at "Very High" at 1024x768, and got some very nice results. __________________ Windows XP Pro 32-bit Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 2 GB DDR2-800 eVGA 680i XFX GeForce Ultra 8800 () Creative X-Fi Gamer

Mar 28, 2004, 06:43 PM	#5
Danhill DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Sweden Posts: 4,112 Rep Power: 0	I run the game at 1280x768, everything maxed out in the ATI Control panel, AA&AF set to applications pref. Game settings is on MAX, when outside my fps is 20-60 (sometimes 80) 20 is the lowes that I've seen for a few seconds, and inside I have about 40-100 fps. I run Cat 4,3. __________________ MOBO: [color=white]ASUS A8N-SLI Premium[/color] CPU: AMD 64 3200+ (Venice) @ 2,50 Ghz MEM: 2 x 512 DDR 466, VGA: 2 x 6600 GT in SLI, HDD1: WD Raptor HDD2: Maxtor Diamond Plus 9, Case: Antec Plus View 1080, PSU: ThermalTake PurePower 500W, MX 1000, Dell 2001 FP, Aud. 2 SZ

Mar 28, 2004, 06:45 PM	#6
Danhill DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Sweden Posts: 4,112 Rep Power: 0	Forgot to mention, I don't run the above OC, everything is at stock. __________________ MOBO: [color=white]ASUS A8N-SLI Premium[/color] CPU: AMD 64 3200+ (Venice) @ 2,50 Ghz MEM: 2 x 512 DDR 466, VGA: 2 x 6600 GT in SLI, HDD1: WD Raptor HDD2: Maxtor Diamond Plus 9, Case: Antec Plus View 1080, PSU: ThermalTake PurePower 500W, MX 1000, Dell 2001 FP, Aud. 2 SZ

Mar 28, 2004, 07:35 PM	#7
germanjulian Back in London Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: London Posts: 1,797 Rep Power: 0	you guys dont have the demo right? full version. __________________ /\|\ Asus P5W DH Deluxe, Intel C2D E6600, 2GB Corsair XMS2-6400C4 DDR2, E-VGA GeForce 7800 GT, Creative X-Fi Extreme Music, 500GB Seagate 7200.10 SATA, Lian Li PC-V1100 Aluminum Case Black, etc. http://germanjulian.com /\|\

Mar 28, 2004, 07:41 PM	Thread Starter #8
Data1232 DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Right. Behind. You. Posts: 180 Rep Power: 0	How much of difference does the added 512MB of RAM make? I mean during the Research Level I was doing fine, but do other levels call for more memory? __________________ Windows XP Pro 32-bit Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 2 GB DDR2-800 eVGA 680i XFX GeForce Ultra 8800 () Creative X-Fi Gamer

Mar 28, 2004, 09:31 AM	#2
Logla HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,311 Rep Power: 0	Yeah, I remember the demo looked like a horrible unfinished beta version. The full game seems to be highly polished and runs wonderfully on my machine. 1280x1024 with everything maxed and AA 2x. I was getting quite a bit of lag in some parts of the demo but not the retail version. I would definately reccomend it.

Mar 28, 2004, 06:33 PM	#4
Logla HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,311 Rep Power: 0	I got a P4c 3.0Ghz running at 3.4Ghz 1GB RAM (This really helps) Radeon 9800Pro 2 Maxtor 120GB SATA in RAID0 All put together in an ABIT IC-7 MAX3 I think I'm probably getting about 25-30FPS sometimes higher depending on the level

Mar 28, 2004, 07:42 PM	#9
germanjulian Back in London Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: London Posts: 1,797 Rep Power: 0	512MB is fine..... Let see how much ram I use when I play brb OK. at 1280x1024 with no aa and af (aa is really needed at that res) and everyhing at "Very High" I get 30 to 15FPS with my system. RAM usage is a wopping 416MB.... poooo thats a lot acctually. lets see if playing at high makes a difference and lower res.... brb at 1024 with High settings I still use around 400MB. FPS are much higher oh and I think I could get quiete a few FPS more by installing my drivers proper but I cant be asked right now.... This game does use a lot of RAM. switch all your applications of you dont need and tweak windows __________________ /\|\ Asus P5W DH Deluxe, Intel C2D E6600, 2GB Corsair XMS2-6400C4 DDR2, E-VGA GeForce 7800 GT, Creative X-Fi Extreme Music, 500GB Seagate 7200.10 SATA, Lian Li PC-V1100 Aluminum Case Black, etc. http://germanjulian.com /\|\ Last edited by germanjulian; Mar 28, 2004 at 07:55 PM.

Mar 28, 2004, 09:17 PM	#11
germanjulian Back in London Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: London Posts: 1,797 Rep Power: 0	yeah it does run rather well with high settings. I am happy. hope HL2 will be the same __________________ /\|\ Asus P5W DH Deluxe, Intel C2D E6600, 2GB Corsair XMS2-6400C4 DDR2, E-VGA GeForce 7800 GT, Creative X-Fi Extreme Music, 500GB Seagate 7200.10 SATA, Lian Li PC-V1100 Aluminum Case Black, etc. http://germanjulian.com /\|\

Mar 28, 2004, 11:14 PM	#12
~~SJae~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 69 Rep Power: 0	I run the game at 1024x768 with everything set at either "Very High" or "Ultra High" (for the water option, I think). Outside the game, I have set AA to 4x and AF to 8x Perf (using Cat 4.3 on AtI 9800 Pro). I also have 2.7GHz, 1GB dual-channel PC2700 RAM, and a 7200RPM HDD with 8MB buffer. The game is smooth and boooooootiful!!!

Mar 29, 2004, 12:21 AM	Thread Starter #13
Data1232 DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Right. Behind. You. Posts: 180 Rep Power: 0	Okay, i'm getting the general impression that the game is much more polished in it's final form, which makes me glad because i was really interested from the demo's. Thanks for your responses guys. __________________ Windows XP Pro 32-bit Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 2 GB DDR2-800 eVGA 680i XFX GeForce Ultra 8800 () Creative X-Fi Gamer

Apr 2, 2004, 06:01 PM	#15
nuG is having a sexy party Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: East Coast Posts: 1,779 Rep Power: 0	i love this game. i just may marry it. i dont know about any kids though yet. we re stiolll discussing it. __________________ [COLOR=Black][/COLOR]